Laurel Roberts, OD
Optometrist · Memphis, TNNPI 1396242533
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.4%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 51.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,086 and has fallen 68.3% since, to $977 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in TN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 56 payments — averaging $127.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$4K
- Valley Contax, Inc.$2K
- Coopervision Inc.$698
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$337
- Harrow Eye, LLC$291
- Glaukos Corporation$175
- plus $410 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$70010%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4006%
- Travel & lodging$3,87854%
- Food & beverage$2,12030%
- Gifts$290%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 22 | $3,698 |
| Valley Contax, Inc. | 3 | $1,518 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 12 | $698 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 8 | $337 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 2 | $291 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $175 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $158 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $112 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 3 | $88 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $19 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- DAILIES$633
- AIR OPTIX$466
- AcrySof$396
- Clariti Contact Lens$300
- Acuvue$200
- Photrexa Viscous and Photrexa$175
- Flarex$155
- IHEEZO$155
- Verkazia$155
- Tobradex ST$155
- Natacyn$155
- VEVYE$136
- Prokera$130
- INFUSE$112
How this compares
$7,127 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,122 optometrist providers in Tennessee.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other optometrist in Memphis
- Christopher LievensMemphis$566K
- Whitney HauserMemphis$330K
- Melvin FriedmanMemphis$108K
- Desirae BrinkleyMemphis$51K
- Abagail KirkMemphis$14K
- Bradley HinesMemphis$12K
- David EvansMemphis$12K
- Daniel FullerMemphis$8K
- Dennis MathewsMemphis$8K
- Michael GerstnerMemphis$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.